With Lower Hutt’s recent 6th anniversary here are some stats showing parkrun New Zealand’s growth over the last 6 years and below are some Global stats from last Saturday’s events worldwide.

Pictured above is Celia Biggs from Lower Hutt who reached her 50th milestone last week, congratulations!

growth of parkrun in New Zealand since the start in May 2012
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